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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain...
10: ... crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-opera...
12: Anne's reign was marked by the development of the two-party system. Anne personally...
15: ...rom France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acquaintance of Sarah Jennings, who would bec...
17: ...nued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion. - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
7: ==Description==
8: ....jpg|thumb|left|220px|The Great Sphinx.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
9: ...]. It is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and has a height of 20 m (65 ft), making it the ...
11: ...he paws. It was only in [[1817]] that the first modern dig, supervised by [[Giovanni Battista Caviglia...
18: ...cts about it are unknown, such as the real-life model for the face, when exactly it was built, and by ... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...Pharaoh]] [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]] (also known under his Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it is oft...
9: ... in the [[Giza Necropolis]] on the outskirts of modern [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
15: ...440 Old Royal Cubits (230.5 m). Today each side has a length of approximately 227.5 m. The r...
17: ...re based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyramid rise at an angle of approximately...
22: ... was removed by an Arab [[Sultan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortresses in nearby Cairo. - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...erTheGreat_Bust.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ... as the [[Middle-Persian]] literature as '''Alexander the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian ...
6: ...ady during his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in...
9: ...[Aristotle]] was Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature a...
11: ...racles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Ac... - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...story|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
5: ...ut to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their [[horses]]...
16: ...all of China. It remains the world's longest manmade structure.]]
18: ...e oases of the [[Silk Road]]. Jiayu Pass was intended to greet travelers along the [[Silk Road]]. Eve...
20: ...rategic value as the people who the Wall was intended to keep out were ruling the country (becoming th... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
1: ... global [[economics|economic]] [[recession]] (or "depression") that ran from [[1929]] to [[1941]]. It...
4: ...sion" was that it is by far the largest sustained decline in industrial production and productivity fr...
5: ... to the cultural period, often called simply "The Depression", and to the political response to the ec...
7: ...b|[[Dorothea Lange]]'s ''Migrant Mother'' depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on [[...
9: ==Causes of the Great Depression== - Great Rift Valley (4717 bytes)
1: ...|250px|Rift Valley Sign, Kenya Africa. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... [[valley]] varies in width from 30-100 km and in depth from a few hundred to several thousand metres....
5: ...lee]] in [[Israel]] to the [[Dead Sea]]. From the Dead Sea southwards, the Rift is occupied by the Wad...
7: ...inues as the Great Rift Valley, which split the older [[Ethiopian highlands]] into two halves.
9: In eastern Africa the valley divides into two, the '''Eastern Rift''' and the '''West... - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
7: ...ed '[[live aboard]]s', the Reef is a very popular destination for [[scuba diving|scuba divers]]. Many ...
14: ... 150,000 people. By world standards the Reef is under only light environmental stress compared to all ...
16: ...grazing in the dry tropics regions. Both are considered significant factors affecting water quality.
18: ...events of the summers of [[1998]] and [[2002]]. Under the stress of waters that remain too warm for to...
20: ... bleaching is expected to occur in the coming decades. - Causes of the Great Depression (21364 bytes)
1: ... the Great Depression, many formulated in the decades since its occurance.
3: ...nd heterodox theories, which argue that the Great Depression was caused by cyclical factors which reac...
5: ...sponses, thus even theories which are no longer widely accepted are documented and studied, if for no ...
12: One class of theories about the Great Depression is that a series of financial shocks disr...
16: ... final shock in a worldwide [[Economic depression|depression]], which put hundreds of millions out of ... - Great White Shark (5784 bytes)
17: ...t eyesight and can see in colour, and have highly-developed behaviors which are only now being researc...
21: ...female's uterus, hatching there and continuing to develop until they are born, at which point they are...
26: ...heir mouth (their only tactile organ) in order to determine what kind of object it might be.
28: Other incidents seem to be cases of mistaken identity, in which a shark ambushes a bather or surfe...
30: ...o muscle and fat. Accordingly, in nearly all recorded attacks, Great Whites have broken off contact af... - Great Dane (5068 bytes)
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29: ...e.com/search?q=cache:r-lyPKk6XHAJ:www.fci.be/uploaded_files/235gb2002_en.doc+site:www.fci.be+%22235+/+...
32: |[http://www.akc.org/breeds/great_dane/index.cfm Stds]
58: : '''Brindle''': Deep brown and black in a chevron stripe pattern. Of... - Great Blue Herons (2851 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[heron|Ardeidae]]}}
9: ...obox genus entry | taxon = '''''[[Ardea (genus)|Ardea]]'''''}}
12: ...tion binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Ardea herodias | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]...
15: ...igh mountains where there is no water for it to wade in. It is very similar to the [[Europe]]an [[Grey...
19: ...include [[insect]]s, [[snake]]s, [[turtle]]s, [[rodent]]s and small birds. It will also raid [[goldfis... - Great Egrets (3649 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Ardeidae]]}}
9: ...Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Ardea (genus)|Ardea]]''}}
12: ...tion binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Ardea alba | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | ...
15: The '''Great Egret''' (''Ardea alba''), also known as the ''' Great White Egret...
23: ... the southern [[United States]], its numbers have declined due to habitat loss. This bird has been cho... - Great Hammerhead Shark (1970 bytes)
18: ...ntal shelves]] in warm and [[tropic]]al waters to depths of 80m (260 ft).
21: ...s. The color is olive brown with a lighter underside. The largest reported size is 6.1m, but normal si...
24: ...[bony fish]]. The great hammerhead have evolved a defense against the [[venom]] of sting rays. They hu...
27: ...ot aggressive towards divers. However, it is considered one of the more dangerous sharks.
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...is a [[country]] located in [[North America]], bordered by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[B...
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
21: government_type = [[Federal Republic]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...it resided), was considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
3: ... BC and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthquake]]s in the 14th century...
5: ...e Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse, is depicted in this hand-coloured engraving by Martin H...
7: ...s built of blocks of white stone. The tower was made up of three stages, a lower square with a central...
9: ...ver, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time pe... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...eiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|I...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: ...lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...eyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...nd one of those at ''Nakshi Rustam'' is expressly declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Dari...
12: ...ngs buried at ''Nakshi Rustam'' are probably, besides Darius, [[Xerxes I]], [[Artaxerxes I]] and [[Dar...
18: ...he city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...es of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cleitarchus]] correspo... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...sident of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platf...
4: ...[Image:Fremonts men marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men wer...
5: ...to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited with determining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet t...
7: ...dential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...nd declared [[martial law]] in [[Missouri]]. This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...habited by the [[Dorset people]]). Born in the Jaeder district of south-west [[Norway]], he was the so...
4: ...). Gunnbjorn's accidental discovery pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has ...
8: ...volved twenty-five [[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, so...
10: ...tury]], shortly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey.
12: ...n converted by his wife Þjóðhildr while on his deathbed. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[15...
7: ...ourse this raised Coronado's interest, and he decided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540,...
9: ...othing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[...
11: ...do River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and found h...
12: ...ent east, and found villages around the [[Rio Grande]]. Coronado set up his winter quarters in one of ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
8: ...t Livingstone made the one convert that he ever made in Africa. Within 6 months, they had rejected Chr...
12: ... In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...rned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this ...
17: ... sent to central and east Africa at his urgings ended in disaster, with nearly every missionary dying ...
22: ... which feeds the [[Congo River]], Livingstone decided that this river was in fact the "real" [[Nile]]. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[15...
5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
13:
17: ... The site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...orer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years, ...
4: His name may alternatively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn B...
6: ...lated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but ...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)==
11: ...eadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...t of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufactur...
3: ...wth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power gen...
5: ...red to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|no...
10: ...he accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumula...
12: ...h often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them. - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...mbers of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...list]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...at "Puritan" was most often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practiti...
8: ...nacceptably subservient to politics. Persecuted under [[Mary I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), Protestan...
10: ...ble|biblical]] supremacy, and they shared, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of a... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
13: 7) Tuning Slide<br>
16: ...the bag by a stock, a small, usually wooden, cylinder which is tied into the bag and which the pipe it...
18: ...le chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighter sound.
20: ...imes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a bagpipe.
23: ...bag and combining it with a chanter and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic ... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
1: Presidency of Barack Obama
3: ... Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency and Presidency of Barack Obama
4: ...pwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the se...
5: ...licans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
6: ...Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...avid LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...variant of Corinthian, the [[Composite order]], added by 16th century Italian architectural theory and...
4: ...le of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
6: ...e so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th...
8: Below the volutes, the Ionic column may have a wide collar or banding separating the capital from the... - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
7: ...impossible to know for sure how fertility rituals developed into tragedy and comedy.
9: ...tors and commentators. Thespis is therefore considered the first Greek "[[actor]]."
11: == Golden Age ==
13: ...ddition, the subject matter of the plays had expanded so that rather than just Dionysus, they treated ...
15: ...lso during this period, Greek theatre spread outside of Athens. Athens' Dionysia remained the most im...
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